Roll-On Formulation Combination of Red Ginger Oil (Zingiber officinale var. rubrum) and Lavender Oil (Lavandula angustifolia) as Aromatherapy

Abstract

Red ginger (Zingiber officinale var. rubrum) is the strongest antioxide plant in the world. Red ginger was chosen because of the high content of essential oils with gingerol subtances and oleoresins that give it a bitter and spicy taste. Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is a flower that is unggu in color and has a fragrant and soothing aroma. Lavender flowers have several ingredient including essential oil, alpha-pinene, camphene, beta mycrene, limonene, cineol, linalool, borneol, linalyl acetate. Linalool is the main active ingredient that has an anti-anxious (relaxing) effect can be used as aromatherapy. The purpose of this study was to determine the combination of red ginger oil (Zingiber officinale var.rubrum) And Lavender Oil (Lavandula angustifolia) can be formulated as an aromatherapy preparation evaluation of preparations in chemical physics. The result of the study obtained namely the preparations of roll on a combination of red ginger oil (Zingiber officinale var.rubrum) And Lavender Oil (Lavandula angustifolia) in formulas I, II, and III had been organoleptically appropriate, had a homogeneus arrangement, were clear, had a pH of 5 and a very preferred formula, namely formula II.From the result of this study, it can be concluded that red ginger oil (Zingiber officinale var.rubrum) combination of lavender oil (Lavandula angustifolia) can be formulated into a roll on aromatherapy preparation and is chemically physically stable.